Car-stake.



PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

J. E. PUGKETT.

GAR STAKE.

APPLICATION rmm AUG.12, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

ATTORNEYS u mm I, W fi 'g'lllllllllllllllllllllil WITNESSES UNITED STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CAR-STAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,705, dated April 5, 1904.

Application filed August 12, 1903. $erial No. 169,215. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. PUCKETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and Stateof Virginia, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Stakes, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention is an improvement in flat railway-cars, and particularly in the stakes thereof for use in securing lumber, timber, and the like upon the fiat platform; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a car provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is an end view of the car. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the stakes. Fig. iis a detail view of one end of the locking-bars and its socket and clamping-screw. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the turnbuckle construction. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the lower portion of one of the stakes, and Fig. 7 shows a somewhat different form of opening in the stake.

The flat-car platform A is provided with cuffs B for the tenons C on the lower ends of the stakes C. I also provide on the sides of the car-platform near its ends the sockets D for the shanks E at the ends of the locking-rods E. These locking-rods E secure the standards at the opposite sides of the car and extend longitudinally nearly the full length of the car and have the shanks E at their opposite ends connected with the body of the rods by the offsets E, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The shanks E fit in the sockets F and may be secured in any desired adjustment by the clamping-screws Gr.

The standards 0 may preferably be of steel or other suitable metal or material and are provided above their tenons O with the vertically-elongated slots For convenience in manufacture I may prefer to form the standards C with outwardly projecting upright webs C at their outer sides, the slots being formed in such webs C as will be understood from Figs. 1, 3, and 6 of the drawings. The locking-rod E passes through the slots C of the several standards ranging along the side of the car and when lowered to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 looks the several rods securely in the cuffs B, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2. By releasing the clampscrews G the rods E may be raised in the slots C of the stakes so the latter may be lifted out of their cuffs B and thrown down upon the platform A, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and at such time the several stakes or standards may be moved longitudinally along the car-platform to any desired position and be thus adjusted out of the way of any load that may be placed upon the platform. It will also be understood that when desired the openings 0 in the stakes may be in the form of simple perforations, as shown in Fig. 7, instead of slots; but I prefer to employ the slotted construction, as by the use of same when it is not desired to lock the stakes in their cuffs the rod E may be adjusted to the upper ends of the slots when the stakes are as shown in Fig. 1, and the stakes can then be lifted out of their cuffs and thrown down upon the car platform whenever desired without changing the clamping devices G.

By forming the offset E at the juncture of the shanks E the latter may fit close to the side of the car, with the body of the lockingrod arranged in line to pass through the slots G as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

At their upper ends the opposite stakes are connected, by the tie-rods H, having the turnbuckles I, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings.

By my invention it will be noticed I provide a locking-rod which is common to all stakes on the same side of the car-platform, which locking-rod is adjustable or movable so it may be set to and secured in position to lock the stakes in their places or to position to release the said stakes, so they may be adjusted out of the way, the locking-rod serving to secure the stakes to the car both in the latter position and in the position-for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters IOO fitting in said cuffs and having vertically-elongated slots, the locking-rod passing through the said slots, and provided at its ends with depending shanks and with offsets at the juncture of said shanks with the body of the rod, the sockets for said shanks, and the clamping-screws for securing the shanks in any desired adjustment in said sockets, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the car-platform, the cuffs at the sides thereof, the stakes fitting in said cufis and provided with openings for a locking-rod, and a locking-rod passing through said openings in the several stakes and secured substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the car-platform, the stakes at the side of the platform, and the locking-rod common to and engaging directly with all the stakes at the same side of the platform, substantially as set forth.

' 4. The combination of the platform, a series of cuffs a series of stakes ranging along the side of the platform and movable longitudinally into and out of their respective cuffs, and a locking-rod by which to secure the stakes of the series in their cuffs, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the car-platform, a series of stakes at the side thereof, and a locking-rod by which to secure said stakes to the car both in the position of said'stakes for use and when adjusted out of such position, substantially as set forth.

6. The improved stake attachment for cars,

8; The combination of the car-platform, a series of stakes at the side thereof, and a locking-rod extending in the direction of length of the car and along which the stakes may be moved to any desired point upon the car,sub-

stantially as set forth.

9. The combination of a car-platform, the stakes therefor, and the locking-rod for said stakes extending in the direction of length of the car, and securing the several stakes of a series in connection with the car, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination of a car-platform, a series of stakes ranging along one side of the platform, and the locking-rod securing the stakes in connection with the ear, said rod being common to said stakes and extending in the direction of length of the car, substantially as set forth.

JOHN E. PUOKETT.

Witnesses:

P. ST. Gno. BARRAUD, B. PoLLARD CARDozo. 

